Code S Ro32 concludes, Group Nominations on May 16

The Code S Ro32 has concluded, and the results were remarkable in just how un-remarkably the group stage played out. Nary an upset was to be had, with the favored two players advancing from nearly every group (Scarlett's defeat at the hands of Patience was the only upset of sorts).

Before we move on to the Ro16 group stage, however, we must commence with one of the GSL's most entertaining traditions: The Group Nominations. Once again, progamers will regale us with trash talk, ass-kissing, and villain speeches about their master plans as they attempt to land themselves in the easiest RO16 group possible (check out our recap of the previous season's Group Nominations to get some idea of how the whole convoluted affair works).

Tune in to AfreecaTV on Wednesday, May 16 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00) for the Group Nominations.

Is ByuN one of the four horsemen? It's been so long since he's been good that I forgot... I remember Artosis saying the 4 horsement + Gumiho...

Sad days... and Scarlett and herO didn't make it...

ByuN is technically one of the Four Horsemen, yes, though he hasn't really lived up to the name. All three of the other Horsemen (Inno, Maru, TY) have won multiple trophies since they got the title in early 2017 and enjoyed a reign as the best player in the world, whereas ByuN peaked at Blizzcon 2016.

In hindsight, Gumiho would've been a better choice than ByuN for the fourth spot, but hindsight is 20/20. Though Gumiho isn't really on the level of Inno/Maru/TY either, so maybe the Four Horsemen should've been the Three Titans or something.

He is the Prince that was Promised, and his is the Song of Ice and Fire.

Is ByuN one of the four horsemen? It's been so long since he's been good that I forgot... I remember Artosis saying the 4 horsement + Gumiho...

Sad days... and Scarlett and herO didn't make it...

ByuN is technically one of the Four Horsemen, yes, though he hasn't really lived up to the name. All three of the other Horsemen (Inno, Maru, TY) have won multiple trophies since they got the title in early 2017 and enjoyed a reign as the best player in the world, whereas ByuN peaked at Blizzcon 2016.

In hindsight, Gumiho would've been a better choice than ByuN for the fourth spot, but hindsight is 20/20. Though Gumiho isn't really on the level of Inno/Maru/TY either, so maybe the Four Horsemen should've been the Three Titans or something.

GuMiho isn't on the same level of INnoVation and TY? Look at the Korean WCS standings and say that again. (I'd mention aligulac but it has Serral at #2 when he's not a top 10 player)

Is ByuN one of the four horsemen? It's been so long since he's been good that I forgot... I Remember Artosis saying the 4 horsement + GuMiho...

Sad Days... and Scarlett and HerO didn't make it...

I'm inclined to say he still is, but I've felt his supposed decline in form and the general belief that he just plain sucks now has been pretty overblown. Sure he bombed out in Season 1 this year in two series to Trap, but when you consider his best results in notable tournaments of 2017, I'm not sure if it's enough to justify him dropping out of 4H:

IEM Season XI WC: Ro8, lost 1-3 to Stats, topped his 6 man Round Robin group

GSL S2 2017: Ro8, lost 1-3 to Maru, topped his Ro16 group

GSL S3 2017: Ro8, lost 2-3 to Inno, topped his Ro16 group

IEM Shanghai: Ro4, lost 1-3 to Rogue, beat Trust, Maru, soO

GSL VS The World: beat Serral 3-2, lost 1-3 to Inno

To me, this doesn't exactly seem like the massive slump some are purporting. ByuN actually finished ahead of Maru in the WCS points standings last year. Then again, the whole Four Horseman storyline, while extremely cool sounding, kind of depends on if you think ByuN is just straight up as good as Inno, Maru, and TY. Which is debatable.

Is ByuN one of the four horsemen? It's been so long since he's been good that I forgot... I remember Artosis saying the 4 horsement + Gumiho...

Sad days... and Scarlett and herO didn't make it...

ByuN is technically one of the Four Horsemen, yes, though he hasn't really lived up to the name. All three of the other Horsemen (Inno, Maru, TY) have won multiple trophies since they got the title in early 2017 and enjoyed a reign as the best player in the world, whereas ByuN peaked at Blizzcon 2016.

In hindsight, Gumiho would've been a better choice than ByuN for the fourth spot, but hindsight is 20/20. Though Gumiho isn't really on the level of Inno/Maru/TY either, so maybe the Four Horsemen should've been the Three Titans or something.

GuMiho isn't on the same level of INnoVation and TY? Look at the Korean WCS standings and say that again. (I'd mention aligulac but it has Serral at #2 when he's not a top 10 player)

Gumiho has one top 4 finish in the whole of LoTV. It's safe to say TY and Inno are better. WCS points after only 2-3 tournaments aren't as telling.

If you rank all the players by their series win rates against Koreans in offline Bo3+ during LotV you get the top 16 players among the top 18. The only difference is that herO's (ranked 13) surprise loss in qualifier and Serral (ranked 12 and played only 20 such series, so hard to gauge) didn't try to qualify.

btw, restricting to the offline and vs Korean only parameters, Innovation is best player of LotV with 64.6% win rate in games, and a whopping 70.5% win rate in Bo3+'s. Stats, however, is the "clutchest" player since his game win rate is only 57.7% while his Bo3+ series win rate is 67.4% (a 9.7% difference)!

Scarlett is my favorite Starcraft player!!! When she wins i say to myself "YES", when she loses i say to myself "NO" | YES